Other environmental issues raised by RDA committees included a high bushfire risk across many areas (reported by seven committees), air pollution (reported by three committees), limited capacity to recover from natural disasters (reported by the Wide Bay Burnett RDA (2011, p. 20) and Townsville and North West Queensland RDA committees (2011, p. 47)) and flood prone areas (reported by the Gold Coast RDA committee (2011, p. 13) and the Brisbane RDA committee (2011, p. 9)).